Bizarrely, someone involved in the children’s show ‘Sarah and Duck,’ which I narrate, recently found a coat with my name on it in a secondhand shop. It’s the coat I wore as Theseus in the ‘Dream.’ So it’s back in my possession after all these years, which is rather strange and wonderful. Roger Allam Read Quote
The things that impress you when you’re a child have an incredible influence on your life. Roger Allam Read Quote
The acting bug first bit when I went to see ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’ at the Old Vic. Roger Allam Read Quote
Of course I would like to be more famous. It offers more career possibilities. But then it can prove restrictive. Plus you get hassled when you go shopping. Roger Allam Read Quote
As so many people seem to have done, I kind of fell in love with Willy Brandt. Roger Allam Read Quote
It’s important to take risks and challenge yourself. That’s why I went into acting, really. Roger Allam Read Quote
I listened to a clip someone had put up of me singing ‘I Am What I Am’ in the musical ‘La Cage aux Folles.’ I thought I was absolutely dreadful. It’s like when you see photos of yourself at parties – at the time you thought you looked so cool and glamorous but you just look a bit drunk. Roger Allam Read Quote
